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Pingtan Book House, Pingtan, China, by Condition_Lab

Dezeen reveals the world's 57 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022

Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by MVRDV, MAD and the late Richard Rogers.

The 57 shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in 11 different architecture project categories, are located across 24 different countries including Vietnam, UK, Iran, Japan, USA and India.

The top three represented countries are China with 10 shortlisted entries followed by Mexico and Australia with six each.

Five projects are shortlisted in each architecture category except the cultural building category, which has six including a museum archive in the Netherlands and a beer factory converted into a contemporary art museum in Tehran.

Other shortlisted projects include a Mexican cross-laminated timber clubhouse, an art deco seawater lido in Cornwall and a twisted steel-framed visitor centre in Greenland.

All Dezeen Awards 2022 shortlists revealed this week

The shortlists were scored by our architecture jury which includes Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, principal of CmDesign Atelier Tosin Oshinowo,  Stefano Boeri Architetti founder Stefano Boeri and Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari.

All of the Dezeen Awards 2022 shortlists will be revealed this week, with the interiors shortlist announced tomorrow, followed by the design shortlist on Wednesday, the sustainability and media shortlists on Thursday, and the studio shortlist on Friday.

Above: The Relic Shelter, Fuzhou Teahouse in Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office has been shortlisted. Top: Pingtan Book House, Pingtan, China, by Condition_Lab was also shortlisted.

All shortlisted architecture projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website, where you can find an image and more information about the project. All shortlisted projects will also feature in their own dedicated Dezeen post.

The winner of each project category will be announced online in November. All 11 winners will then go on to compete for the title of architecture project of the year.

Vote for your favourite project next week

For the third year running, Dezeen Awards is holding a public vote after the shortlist announcements, meaning readers will be able to choose their favourite projects from 12 September onwards.

Projects with the highest number of votes in their category will win a public vote award. Winners will be announced in mid-October, ahead of the Dezeen Awards event in November.


House in Yanakacho by Taiga Kasai + Chong Aehyang Architecture / KACH

Urban house

Keep House, Melbourne, Australia, by BKK Architects
Light-filled Stair Hall, Tokyo, Japan, by Kiri Architects
House of Voids, New Delhi, India by Malik Architecture
8 Yard House, Melbourne, Australia, by Studio Bright
House in Yanakacho, Takasaki, Japan, by Taiga Kasai + Chong Aehyang Architecture / KACH

Browse all projects on the urban house shortlist page.


Bugok Friday House by TRU Architects

Rural house

Marfa Ranch, Live Oak, USA, by Lake Flato Architects
Retreat in the Delta, Delta San Fernando, Argentina, by MAPA Architects
Gadi House, Maval, India, by PMA Madhushala
Piyandeling Artisan House, Sindangwaas, Indonesia, by Realrich Architecture Workshop
Bugok Friday House, Jangheung-myeon, South Korea, by TRU Architects

Browse all projects on the rural house shortlist page.


Nurse Dormitory Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital by Plan Architect

Housing project

Terrace House, Melbourne, Australia, by Austin Maynard Architects
Cohousing De Sijs, Leuven, Belgium, by Officeu Architects
Stories, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Olaf Gipser Architects
Nurse Dormitory Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, by Plan Architect
Cuatro Cielos, Tulum, Mexico, by Void Studio

Browse all projects on the housing project shortlist page.


Hlöduberg Artist Studio by Studio Bua

Residential rebirth

Nido House, Melbourne, Australia, by Angelucci Architects
Low Energy House, London United Kingdom, by Architecture for London
Yarra Bend House, Melbourne, Australia, by Austin Maynard Architects
Nieby Crofters Cottage, Niesgrau, Germany, by Jan Henrik Jansen and Marshall Blecher
Hlöduberg Artist Studio, Dalabyggð, Iceland, by Studio Bua
Made of Sand, Devon, United Kingdom, by Studio Weave

Browse all projects on the residential rebirth shortlist page.


Shajing Village Hall by ARCity Office

Civic building

Project Burma Hospital, Magyizin, Myanmar, by A+R Architekten
Shajing Village Hall, Shenzhen, China, by ARCity Office
Quzhou Stadium, Quzhou, China, by MAD Architects
Pilares Pedro Vélez, Mexico City, Mexico, by Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura
Yong'an Village Community Hub, Liuyang City, China, by Tongji University and Archi-union Architects

Browse all projects on the civic building shortlist page.


Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen by MVRDV

Cultural building

Argo Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran, by Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North
Pingtan Book House, Pingtan, China, by Condition_Lab
Ilulissat Icefjord Centre, Sermermiut, Greenland, by Dorte Mandrup A/S
Progeso Museum of Geology, Mexico City, Mexico, by Estudio MMX
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, by MVRDV
Chapel of Sound, Beijing, China, by OPEN

Browse all projects on the cultural building shortlist page.


Secure Sanand in Gujarat by Studio Saar

Business building

Jakob Factory Saigon, Vietnam, by G8A Architects and Rollimarchini Architekten
Caisse d'Epargne Bourgogne Franche Comté Headquarters, Dijon, France, by Graam Architecture
Rooftop Greenhouse Agrotopia, Roeselare, Belgium, by by META architectuurbureau and van Bergen Kolpa Architecten
Xinglong Lake Citic Bookstore, Chengdu, China, by MUDA Architects
Secure Sanand, Gujarat, India, by Studio Saar

Browse all projects on the business building shortlist page.


Casona Sforza by Alberto Kalach

Hospitality building

Casona Sforza, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, by Alberto Kalach
Hotel Terrestre, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Grupo Habita
The Relic Shelter, Fuzhou Teahouse, Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
DevaDhare Restaurant, Sakleshpur, India, by Play Architecture
Valle San Nicolás Clubhouse, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

Browse all projects on the hospitality project shortlist page.


Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater by CO Adaptive Architecture

Rebirth project

TMT Folding Park Reconstruction, Beijing, China, by Approach Design
Timber Adaptive Reuse Theater, New York City, USA, by CO Adaptive Architecture
Incision – Nantou City Guesthouse, Nantou, China, by Neri&Hu
Good Cycle Building, Nagoya, Japan, by Nori Architects
Jubilee Pool, Penzance, United Kingdom, by Scott Whitby Studio

Browse all projects on the rebirth project shortlist page.


Chestnut House in Valeflor by João Mendes Ribeiro

Small building

Construction Skills School, London, United Kingdom, by EBBA Architects
Chestnut House, Valeflor, Portugal, by João Mendes Ribeiro
Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2, Grampians, Australia, by Noxon Giffen Architecture
The Richard Rogers' Drawing Gallery, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France, by RSHP
Cinders, Scottsdale, USA, by The School of Architecture

Browse all projects on the small building shortlist page.


Little Island by Heatherwick Studio

Landscape project

La Pista500, Torino, Italy, by Benedetto Camerana Studio
Little Island, New York City, USA, by Heatherwick Studio
Poonehzar-Farm, Fars, Iran, by Shid Architects
Cycling through the Heathland, Hoge Kempen National Park, Belgium, by Visit Limburg
Wilderness Garden and Amphitheater, Yanjiao Village, China, by Z'scape

Browse all projects on the landscape project shortlist page.

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